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Jun 1, 2010 · Interim Archives/Getty Images. Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished ...
Oct 1, 2020 · After the black codes had been enacted throughout the South in 1865, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to give African Americans more rights—to a degree. This legislation allowed ...
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Jul 19, 2024 · Black Codes, in U.S. history, the numerous laws adopted in the states of the former Confederacy after the American Civil War that were intended to maintain white supremacy in those places. Enacted in 1865 and 1866, the Black Codes were designed to replace the social controls previously exerted over Black Americans by slavery, which was ended ...
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Oct 3, 2023 · The Black Codes are defined as a series of discriminatory laws enacted in the Southern United States during the Reconstruction Era, primarily in 1865 and 1866. These laws were designed to restrict the civil rights and freedoms of newly freed African Americans, effectively creating a system of legal segregation and white supremacy.
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Jul 17, 2024 · Some states also restricted the kind of property Black people could own. The Reconstruction Act of 1867 weakened the effect of the Black codes by requiring all states to uphold equal protection under the 14th Amendment, particularly by enabling Black men to vote. (U.S. law prevented women of any race from voting in federal elections until 1920.)
Overview. When slavery was abolished at the end of the Civil War, southern states created black codes, laws which aimed to keep white supremacy in place. Black codes attempted to economically disable freed slaves, forcing African Americans to continue to work on plantations and to remain subject to racial hierarchy within the southern society.
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Jim Crow laws made it difficult or impossible for black citizens to vote, be elected to office, serve on juries, or participate as equals in the economic or social life of their area. To escape segregation and violence in the South, many black citizens migrated to cities in the North and West. In New York this influx sparked the Harlem Renaissance.
